How to Install Postman Native App on Ubuntu

I am the Big of Postman Rest Client APP - I am using this API Client via Gooogle Chrome.

But recently I got a Notification Alert on the Google Chrome Postman Client Webstore APP they Mentioned Google Chrome web store APPS is going to be Deprecated Soon.

So I Plan to use their Postman Native APP & it also available for MAC and Windows.

in this tutorial, we going to see the Method install postman in Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04 and 18.04.

Install Postman Native APP on Ubuntu

• Download Postman native APP Via wget - 64 bit & 32 bit

64 bit

wget https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64 -O postman.tar.gz

32 bit

wget https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux32 -O postman.tar.gz

• Extract the downloaded postman.tar.gz file into /opt/ folder

sudo tar -xzf postman.tar.gz -C /opt

• Remove the Downloaded postman.tar.gz file

rm postman.tar.gz

• Configure Postman

sudo ln -s /opt/Postman/Postman /usr/bin/postman

• Launch/open Postman - Go to search your computer - search Postman or Open your Terminal & type postman

Update Postman

In Linux No Auto-Update & One-click Updates we need to Manually Update the postman to Latest Version.

Remove Older Version of Postman

• Remove the Postman Installation Directory

sudo rm --recursive --force /opt/Postman

• Delete the Postman symlink

sudo rm /usr/bin/postman

• After Uninstalling the Postman Follow above Steps to Install the Latest version of Postman on Ubuntu

Install Postman on Ubuntu via Shell script

• Download Postman Installation Shell script

wget --no-check-certificate https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mskian/ec81458e42ee1d69b9156441c7dabc3d/raw/800cc8e77279413d7a4adc212d356b3988166b9b/install-postman.sh

• Run the below command line to execute the script

bash install-postman.sh

• it will automatically configure everything :-)
• you can use this bash script to update your Postman to Latest version